书目

TheJunglesofRandomness:AMathematicalSafari

  • 作者 Ivars Peterson著
  • 出版社 Wiley
  • 出版时间 1997年10月
  • ISBN 9780471164494
  • 定价 242.00

内容简介

"Peterson'sknowledgeofandaffectionformathematicscomesthroughwitheveryword."--SanDiegoUnionTribune."Petersonis,inshort,themathteachereveryonewishestheyhadinhighschool."--PublishersWeekly."Petersonhashonedhisexplanatoryskillsfinely.Heisareadableguidethroughthetanglesofprobabilityandrandomchance.TheJunglesofRandomnesswillgivesomeinsightintooneofthemostfruitfulareaswheremathmeetspracticalliving."--ChristianScienceMonitor.Thedelightfultrekthroughtheexoticandpowerfulworldofrandomness.PopularmathauthorIvarsPetersonleadsreadersonanexcitingforayintothewildsofrandomness,introducingexcitingnewdiscoveries--fromhiddenrulesgoverninggamesofchancetohowthefirstmoleculesoflifeformedandhowrandomnumberscanprotectsensitiveinformationontheInternet.Alongtheway,hechartstheambiguousboundarybetweenorderandchaos,revealingtheastonishingpatternssooftenhiddeninapparentrandomnessaswellasthestartlingrandomnessoftenembeddedinapparentorder.IvarsPeterson(Washington,D.C.)isthemathematicsandphysicseditoratScienceNewsandtheauthoroffourprevioustradebooks,includingTheMathematicalTouristandIslandsofTruth:AMathematicalMysteryCruise.

作者简介

IVARSPETERSONisoneoftoday'smostpopularmathauthors.HeisthemathematicsandphysicseditorofScienceNews,andtheauthoroffourpreviousbooks,includingthebestsellingTheMathematicalTourist,aswellasIslandsofTruth,Newton'sClock,andFatalDefect.Hereceivedtheawardfor"exceptionalskillincommunicatingmathematicstothegeneralaudience"in1991fromtheJointPolicyBoardforMathematics.

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